Cook County Public Guardian Assistant Deputy Janet Barnes has long been sounding alarms about this problem. The office’s latest data shows the number of children stuck in these psych facilities for weeks, because there aren’t enough residential beds, continues to rise. From 75 kids in 2014 to 314 in 2020 and to 356 children this year.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.